Swallowing

Word SWALLOWING
Character 10
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Definitions and meanings of "Swallowing"

What do we mean by swallowing?

To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.

To take (something) in so that it disappears; to consume, absorb.

To take food down into the stomach; to make the muscular contractions of the oesophagus to achieve this, often taken as a sign of nervousness or strong emotion.

To accept easily or without questions; to believe, accept.

To engross; to appropriate; usually with up.

To retract; to recant.

To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Swallowing

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The word "swallowing" in example sentences

It's barely possible that "sword swallowing" is an English euphemism for an activity more typically featured on porn sites than in vegan magazines, but the odds are stacked high as a pastrami sandwich against it. ❋ Steve Carper (2008)

Medical study concludes that sword swallowing is dangerous ❋ Unknown (2007)

Non-target site muscle injection, which can result in swallowing weakness ❋ Unknown (2010)

I suggest that you actually read some articles and books by people, especially climatologists, that have different viewpoints than what you have been so gleefully swallowing from the MSM and the agenda-driven Left. ❋ Unknown (2007)

They feel slightly less swollen, today, but still, I am only eating squishy things like soup and chili, because swallowing is still a painful chore, and I'm still a little clammy, you know? ❋ Kittenpie (2007)

Alfred Exner was the first to treat a tumor of the esophagus by forcing a catheter that held the radioactive source through the esophagus so as to achieve improvement in swallowing (Exner, A. "Über die Behandlung," (1904), 4 – 96). ❋ Unknown (2007)

Nevertheless, under John Paul II, the shark did not succeed in swallowing the Society. ❋ Francis (2006)

When we look at the picture of Russian greed in swallowing one satellite nation after another and contrast it with the picture of American generosity in giving food, clothing, supplies, technical and financial assistance, without the ulterior motive of acquiring new territory, it is stupid and tragic waste that the use of incompetent representatives should undo so much useful work, so great an expense, so much in the way of materials of every kind. ❋ Unknown (1969)

The stuff was like nitric acid, and moreover, in swallowing it one had the sensation of being hit on the back of the head with a rubber club. ❋ Unknown (1949)

Which Elizabeth knew, and perhaps considered in swallowing the coffee. ❋ Unknown (1856)

From this topic he transferred his disquisitions to the verb drink, which he affirmed was improperly applied to the taking of coffee, inasmuch as people did not drink, but sip or sipple that liquor; that the genuine meaning of drinking is to quench one's thirst, or commit a debauch by swallowing wine; that the Latin word, which conveyed the same idea, was bibere or potare, and that of the ❋ Tobias George Smollett (1746)

A new study shows these principles and techniques treated the cancer effectively while greatly reducing long-term swallowing complications. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I don’t believe in swallowing Nazi propaganda — I don’t believe in swallowing Social Democratic propaganda either. ❋ Unknown (2009)

People were no longer willing to pay just for sword swallowing and the guessing of weight. ❋ Mllelaurel (2009)

In both arrangements the mergers could have more accurately been described as a swallowing up of the more established organization. ❋ Seth Mnookin (2011)

A tube connecting the mouth and the stomach, used in swallowing. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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